Best article I've seen about the police militarization issue:
http://www.steynonline.com/6524/cigars-but-not-close




just a few of the points:
- The Ferguson PD used as many bullets on Michael Brown as the Polizei used on ten million Germans.
- The biggest government in the free world chooses not to keep statistics on how many people get shot by law enforcement.
- A soldier wears green camo in Vietnam to blend in. A policeman wears green camo in Ferguson to stand out - to let you guys know: We're here, we're severe, get used to it.
- When an unarmed shoplifter in T-shirt and shorts with a five-buck cigar box in one hand has to be shot dead, you're doing it wrong.